Preparing for Segmentation
You’re ready to speak to your prospects and customers one-to-one, and that means segmenting your audience...but where to start?
Lightning Strikes Spring 18
Winter is here, which means Spring is on its way. What has Salesforce brought us in the Spring 18 release?
Happy New Customers!
Maintaining happy customers is an ongoing process for every organization, but you never get a second chance to make a good first impression.
GTD® Weekly Review Tuneup for the New Year
Your GTD® Weekly Review practice could use a tune-up in the new year, here are some things to consider.
Can You Automate This? Or, A Salesforce Admin’s Guide to Negotiating Business Process
Automation in Salesforce is great for well-defined processes, but what if you’re asked to automate something and find it to be less than well defined?
2018 Welcome - Episode #280 of CloudFocus Weekly
Starting off the new year by catching up on some success stories, predictions and happy customers.
You’ve Got Mail - from Salesforce
Salesforce Winter 18 brings with it some nifty email related features and functionality, including the highly requested ability to send “List Email”.
Winter 18 Lightning Report Builder
Winter 18 brings big changes to reporting in Salesforce lightning.
Winter 18 - Let's Talk Lightning
Winter is coming. What’s new with the Salesforce Lightning Experience in the Winter 18 release?
Winter 18 - Episode #272 of CloudFocus Weekly
It is all Winter 18 this week as we discuss new features coming as well some retiring to Boca.
What’s New With Lightning in Summer 17?
Summer 17 is here! Let’s talk about some the newest features added to the Salesforce Lightning Experience.
Welcome to 2017 - Episode #256 of CloudFocus Weekly
A new year and some catch up on 2017 predictions, end of year admin checklist and sharing certification.
Weekly Review - GTD® Series Part 3 - Episode #267 of CloudFocus Weekly
In the third of our four part series, we dive into the GTD® Weekly Review.
Wait, You Can Use Cases In Sales Cloud?
Did you know you can manage your customer support process right in Sales Cloud?
Utilizing Salesforce Ohana to Become a Successful Salesforce Professional
Ways in which to utilize the Salesforce Ohana (family) and other resources to be a successful Salesforce professional.
Trails to Success - Episode #275 of CloudFocus Weekly
Success Community is now a Trailblazer, more Dreamforce 17 tips, and some Google security news.
TrailheaDX - Is This Dreamforce For Developers?
TrailheaDX is a great addition to the Salesforce event calendar, focused on developers and with lots of great content. Several exciting announcements came out of the conference. Overall, I think it could focus a bit more tightly.
Trailhead Superbadges are Really Super
Just before Dreamforce 16 I discovered Trailhead Superbadges and realized that these are the future of learning more complex functionality in Salesforce.
Top Ten Streams in 2017 - Episode #279 of CloudFocus Weekly
Sharing the top 10 things we streamed in 2017 in our final episode of the year.
Top Ideas for Lightning - Part 2
The Salesforce Lightning Experience saga continues—what’s up next to deliver on the IdeaExchange?
Top 10 Reasons to go to Dreamforce 2017
Here is a look at the top ten reasons to go to Dreamforce 2017.
Top 10 Arkus Blog Posts of 2016
Tools & Tricks - GTD® Series Part 4 - Episode #268 of CloudFocus Weekly
Part four of our GTD series covering tools and tricks.
Tips to Prepare for Data Migration
If I could go back in time and tell myself a few tips to prepare for a data migration to Salesforce, I would. But since Salesforce has not invented a time machine yet, I’ll pass this knowledge on to you.
Tips for Selecting the Right Marketing Automation
Marketing automation is a powerful tool in your company’s CRM strategy, but it can be daunting to select the best option for your needs.
The Humble Salesforce Campaign
The standard Salesforce Campaign object can provide a lot of value to a marketer who doesn’t have a lot of room for marketing automation.
Talend & PostgreSQL - Part 2 - Setup
This is a follow up post to part 1 "Talend & PostgreSQL - Data Migration Dream Team"
Talend & PostgreSQL - Data Migration Dream Team
Introduce yourself to a great way to migrate any amount of data using an ETL tool (Talend) and a database (PostgreSQL)
Summer 17 Release Notes Rapid Reaction
A look at the Summer 17 release notes preview and some quick thoughts and things that jump off the PDF.
Still Coming - Episode #273 of CloudFocus Weekly
Winter 18 is still coming so we discuss Salesforce Trailheads for non-profits and Winter 18 report builder, as well as Justin's adventure in Spain.